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MALVACE^. 



393. Malvastrum spicatum A. Gray. 



Ord River (Alex. Forrest) ; Lennard River (W.V.F.). 

 Among limestone rocks. 



394. Sida virgata Hook. 



Erect, 3-4ft. ; tomentmn often intermixed with long spreading 

 hairs ; carpels 10. 



395. S. subspicata F. v. M. 



Roebuck Bay (J. W. O. Tepper) ; Broome, Derby, Lennard, 

 Adcock, and Calder Rivers, Inglis' Gap, IQng Leopold 

 Ranges (W.V.F.). 



Erect or spreading, 2-4ft. high ; flowers bright yellow. In 

 poor sandy soil. 



396. S. echinocarpa F. v. M. 



Niehol Bay (AJex. Forrest) ; Port Hedland (W.V.F.). 

 Erect, 3ft. ; pedicels sometimes nearly lin. long. 



397. S. Hackettiana W.V.F. n. sp. 



A spreading stellate-pubescent shrub ; leaves from cordate' 

 ovate to ovate lanceolar, obtuse, of soft texture, crenate" 

 serrate, on slender petioles which are shorter than the 

 laminae ; stipules subulate ; flowers small, sessile, solitary 

 but closely approximated, forming axillary and terminal 

 simple or branched spikes, the whole inflorescence forming 

 terminal panicles, leafy at the base with each flower 

 subtended by a persistent bract, which is divided to below 

 the middle into 3 linear lobes ; calyx slightly angular 

 when in bud, densely stellate tomentose without ; invested 

 within with long silky hairs ; divided to below the middle 

 into lanceolar acute lobes ; petals slightly longer than 

 the calyx, the claws wooUy-ciliate ; stamina! column 

 slender, glabrous ; filaments thin, eight ; anthers almost 

 exserted ; style-branches exserted, filiform ; stigmas 

 capitate ; fruit small, included in the calyx, conical, 

 silky-hairy ; carpels 5, obscurely reticulate on the back 

 and sides ; seeds glabrous. 



Wingrah Pass, Napier Range (W.V.F.). 



Height 3-5ft. Leaves l-3in. long. Stipules 4-5 lines long. 

 Bracts 2-3 lines. Calyx 3 lines long. Petals yellow. 

 Seeds brown. On limestone. Named in meinory of the 

 late Sir Winthrop Hackett, of Perth, Western Australia. 



Affinity to S. subspicata F. v. M. 



